Review of the Biodiversity provisions of the Tasmanian Forest Practices Code.

The TCT strongly supports the completion of the review of the biodiversity provisions of the FPC and believes it has the potential to bring about a very significant improvement in conservation of forest biodiversity on both public and private land.

The Tasmanian Conservation Trust is concerned that two EPBC listed species (Litoria raniformis green and gold frog (vulnerable) and Engaeus granulatus central north burrowing crayfish (endangered) are likely to be impacted by the construction of proposed Sassafras Wesley Vale Water Pipeline and the proponent has failed to provide evidence to substantiate claims these impacts can be avoided.

The Tasmanian Conservation Trust is broadly supportive of the ‘Draft Planning Directive No. 3: Single Dwelling in Residential Zone’ as it is likely to bring the seven affected planing schemes into alignment with the 15 planning schemes around the state which have single dwellings (houses) as permitted as a right or excempt in residential zones. With the following amendments we support this as a goal.